Railway-tie.



PATENTED JULY 12, 1904.

R. .R. SPOORE. RAILWAY TIE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR, 30. 1904.

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WITNESSES INVENTOR L No. 765,050; 4 PATENTED JULY 12, '1904.

R. R. SPOORE.

RAILWAY TIE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 30. 1904.

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PATENT OFFICE.

RAILWAY-TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 765,050, dated July 12,1904.

Application filed March 30, 1904.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, RANsoM R. SPooEu, a citizen of the United States,residing at Kent, in the county of Portage and State of Ohio, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Railway-Ties, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in railway-ties wherein I combineand form integral therewith means for locking the rails to the tie,-thus dispensing with spikes commonly used for this purpose; and itconsists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement ofparts of which-it is composed, all as will be hereinafter more fullydescribed, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

The annexed drawings, to which reference is made, fully illustrate myinvention, in which Figure 1 represents an end view of my improvedrailway-tie- Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a verticalsectional view. Fig. I is a perspective view of the lockingplatedetached from the tie. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the angularlockingbar. Fig. 6 is a side view of one end of the tie, showing the twoopposite ends of the rib beveled. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of thelocking-plate in modified form. Fig. 8 is a bottom view of the tie. Fig.9 is a top view of the same, and Fig. 10 is a vertical sectional view ofthe tie.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A designates therailway-tie, which is constructed of metal, and B is the lockingplatewhereby the two rails are made fast to the tie. This tie is providedwith two longitudinal ribs (0 (0, arranged on the upper face of thesame. which are broken away at b to receive the base of the rail. Theopposite ends 0 are vertical, while the ends (Z, facing these verticalends, are inclined upwardly and outward, thus leaving a space a for theinsertion of the base of the rail. The under side of the tie is providedwith a downwardlyprojecting longitudinal central rib or flange j, whichextends from one end of the tie to the other, and at each sidethereofare short downwardly-projecting flanges g r that run 5 0 parallel withthe central flange.

Serial No. 200,751. (No model.)

B designates the locking-plate of peculiar construction, the sameconsisting of the broad body it, having vertical perforations v1 for thefastening-bolts and a beveled end Zr, which corresponds to the shape ofthe upper surface of the base of the rail.

A clamp is provided which consists of an angular bar 0, havingdownwardly-projecting ends p 7) and a bent central portion. Said endsare screw-threaded to receive nuts for holding or clamping said angularbar firmly upon the base of the rail, while the two vertical ends of theribs against which said bar rests serve to reinforce the latter andretain it in place.

In Fig. 6 I show my device slightly modified, wherein both opposite endsof the ribs at the rail-seat are inclined orbeveled. These double bevelsare used at points where the ends of the rails meet or join, and thebase of fish-plate and rails are passed into the open, ing or seat-slot,after which the extreme ends of the beveled portions are struck and bentdown upon, thus firmly holding the fish-plate and rail, and a light shimmay be used, if de sired. A wooden or fiber shim or cushion can beinterposed between the rail and tie to give suflicient elasticity to therail, and said cushion cannot become displaced, as the seat with its ribends secures it in position.

The plate shown in Fig. 7 is provided with lateral projections Z, thatform shoulders m, that engage the vertical ends 0 of the upper flangesor ribs of the tie when the lockingplate is in place and the same isreinforced thereby.

Having described the construction of my improved railway-tie, I will nowproceed and explain its advantages over the ordinary railway-tie now inuse. The tie is placed in position upon the surface of the ground in theusual manner, and the downward-projecting central and side ribs orflanges are embedded in the earth, and after the earth is packed solidabout the central rib the tie is firmly held from lateral displacement.The short flanges parallel thereto permit of the proper tamping of thecentral rib, and these ribs, in connection with the upper ribs, serve atwo fold purpose-that of preventing displacerail.

ment of the tie and also giving it extreme strength. The rail or railsare connected to the tie by inclining said rail and bringing the baseinto the seat and under the inclined ends of the upper ribs, after whichthe locking-plates are placed in position and held l'irmly by the bolts7', passing through the perforations therein and those in the tie whenthe nuts are screwed home. The heads of the bolts engage the centralflange and are thus prevented from turning. The locking angular barpasses over the rail-base and the screw-threaded ends thereof passingthrough perforations in the tie and held by nuts,whi.ch latter whenscrewed home draw the body of said rod or bar tightly upon the base ofthe \Vhen they are used to construct new roads, the rail-seat is cut ona bevel by cutting the top of the seat about one inch narrower at top ofrib on outer side and running back with seat and is formed with ends ofribs as a perfect fastener.

It will be readily seen that by the construction of my railway-tie 1dispense with the spikes commonly used in securing the rail to the tieand that not only are the rails prevented from becoming disengaged fromthe tie, but it prevents the track from spreading, and a railway-tie asherein described is durable and inexpensive to manufacture, as theparts, with the exception of the locking-plates, are formed integral.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A railway-tie provided on its under side with a deep centrallongitudinal flange and narrow lateral side flanges parallel thereto,upper longituc linal ribs broken away to form seats for the rails, and alocking-plate removably secured to the tie, substantially as described.

2. A railway-tie provided with a central longitudinal flange and narrowlateral flanges on its under side, and longitudinal ribs on the uppersurface, said ribs cut away, forming a railseat, one side of the seathaving the beveled end and the opposite side of said seat having thevertical end, in combination with the locking plate and bolts therefor,said plates having the beveled end to engage the base of the rail andthe lateral projections, providing shoulders that engage the verticalends of the top ribs, substantially as described.

3. The within-described railway-tie, comprising the body, having thedeep and narrow longitudinal flanges on its under side and iongitudinalribs on its upper face, said ribs be ing broken away to form seats forthe rails and having at one side the vertical end portion and at theopposite side of the seat an inclined end, the locking-plate providedwith the inclined end, lateral shoulders and perforated to receive thesecuring-bolt, whereby said plate is made fast to the tie, substantiallyas described.

4. A railway-tie provided with longitudinal anchoring-flanges on itsunder side, and ribs on its upper face, extending from end to end andbroken away to form seats for the rails, said ribs having the holdingbeveled ends and opposite vertical ends, the whole formed integral, theperforated locking-plates provided with the lateral projections andbeveled end, and bolts for securing said plates to the tie,substantially as described.

5. A railway-tie provided with the longitudinal flanges on its underside, and longitudinal ribs on its upper face having the spaces, formingthe seat for the rail, in combination with the locking-plates, providedwith the beveled end and lateral projections, and the angular bar havingthe downward-bent ends provided with screw-threads and adapted to passthrough perforations in the tie and secured by nuts, substantially asdescribed.

' In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

RANSOM R. SPOORE.

Witnesses:

A. B. YOUNG, J. W. LEE.

